Category: 2014

Pardee Research Fellows Co-author Book Chapter on Climate Adaptation

Pardee Center Research Fellows Pablo Suarez and Janot Mendler de Suarez are two of the co-authors for a book chapter that was recently published in a collection of specialist papers titled Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change, Scaling it Up (Routledge, 2014). The chapter, “Serious Fun: Scaling Up Community Based Adaptation through Experimental Learning” draws from […]

Task Force Leaders Discuss Remittances at Pardee Seminar

Members of the most recent Pardee Center Task Force Report Remittance Flows to Post-Conflict States: Perspectives on Human Security and Development discussed the findings from their groundbreaking research at a Pardee House Seminar held on February 4, 2014. The Seminar was led by Task Force co-conveners Donald F. Terry (BU School of Law) and Prof. […]

Applications Now Open for 2014 Pardee Graduate Summer Fellowships

2014 Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellows Program Application deadline: Friday, March 14, 2014 The Pardee Graduate Summer Fellows Program offers graduate students from across Boston University an opportunity for intensive interdisciplinary research and writing on topics aligned with the broad research interests of BU’s Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. The Pardee […]

Tony Janetos Presents at National Council for Science and Environment

Pardee Center Director Anthony Janetos recently gave two presentations at the 14th National Conference and Global Forum on Science, Policy, and the Environment in Washington DC, an annual event organized by the National Council for Science and Environment. During the opening plenary session of the conference titled “Building Climate Solutions”, Prof. Janetos participated in a […]

Pardee Task Force on Remittances Presents Findings at World Bank

The conveners and lead researcher for the Boston University Task Force on Remittance Flows to Post-Conflict States presented the findings of a recent Pardee Center Task Force Report during a special seminar at the World Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C. on January 8. Task Force co-conveners John R. Harris and Donald F. Terry along with […]

Pardee House Seminar on Remittances Set for Tues, Feb. 4

The co-conveners and lead researcher for the 2013 Pardee Center Task Force Report Remittance Flows to Post-Conflict States: Perspectives on Human Security and Development will discuss the report’s finding at the next Pardee House Seminar “Remittances for Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development” scheduled for Tuesday, February 4, 2014 at 12 noon. The seminar is co-sponsored by […]

Leeann Sullivan Joins Pardee Center Staff as Publications Assistant

2013 Summer Fellow Leeann Sullivan recently joined the staff of the Pardee Center as an Administrative/Publications Assistant. In her new role, she will assist in the planning and operation of programs and seminars, help to develop and promote new publications, and will assist in coordinating the 2014 Graduate Summer Fellows Program. As a Summer Fellow, […]

Pardee Faculty Fellow Co-editor of Journal Special Issue on Post-Rio+20

Pardee Center Faculty Fellow Henrik Selin recently served as co-editor for an Environment and Planning C special issue discussing the future of sustainable development following the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (known as “Rio+20”) that took place in Brazil in 2012. The special issue features articles by a diverse group of scholars from different disciplines […]